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Drone Wars: Pilots reveal debilitating stress beyond virtual battlefield

13/05/2014

livescience.com

"To extinguish a person's life is a very personal thing. While physically we don't experience the five senses when we engage a target — unlike [how] an infantryman might — in my experience, the emotional impact on the operator is equal."


News

FUTURE ARMY 2020: Defence Committee increases pressure to MoD to raise enlistment age to 18

05/03/2014

Child Soldiers International press release

The Defence Select Committee has increased the pressure on the MoD to stop enlisting minors, in a report published today.


Comment article

Why are education projects run by ex-services being prioritised?

21/11/2013

ForcesWatch comment

On 15 November 2013, the Department for Education announced "£4.8 million to projects led by ex-armed forces personnel to tackle underachievement by disengaged pupils".

ForcesWatch has a number of concerns about the military-led 'alternative provision' being developed in schools: who benefits? the armed forces certainly will; military-led 'alternative provision' targets young people seen to be 'failing' - precisely those who need more options and, if channelled into the forces, are most at risk in warfare; the policy is based on limited evidence and ideological assumptions; will there be space for ethical issues around conflict to be addressed?


News

In praise of the white poppy

05/11/2013

Ekklesia

Jill Segger considers the growing appeal of the white poppy


News

War trauma hits young soldiers hardest: new report

27/10/2013

ForcesWatch press release

Young soldiers recruited from disadvantaged backgrounds are substantially more likely than other troops to return from war experiencing problems with their mental health, says a wide-ranging report published today by human rights group ForcesWatch.


News

War crimes in video games should be punished, ICRC says

03/10/2013

NBCNews.com

The International Committee of the Red Cross have called for video games to punish crimes committed in battle by adhering to real-life international war conventions.


News

ForcesWatch response to the Ministry of Defence’s statement, 22 August 2013

22/08/2013

ForcesWatch

In response to the paper, ‘Young age at Army enlistment is associated with greater war zone risks’, published by ForcesWatch and Child Soldiers International (August 2013), the Ministry of Defence have issued a statement. Here we respond to their points.


News

Youngest Army recruits pay highest price in Afghanistan, new report shows

21/08/2013

ForcesWatch and Child Soldiers International press release

The risk of fatality in Afghanistan for recruits who enlisted into the British Army aged 16 and completed training has been twice as high as it has for those enlisting at 18 or above, according to a study published today on behalf of human rights groups Child Soldiers International and ForcesWatch. The authors believe the increased risk reflects the disproportionately high number of 16 year olds who join front-line Infantry roles.


News

The Armed Forces Covenant in Action? Part 4: Education of service personnel

18/07/2013

http://www.parliament.uk

A new House of Commons Defence Committee report calls for improvements in service education and asks for further information is needed on why the Army is so dependent on recruiting personnel under the age of 18 years compared to the other two Services, and whether steps are being taken to reduce this dependency.


News

Army recruitment of under-18s wastes £94 million every year, claims new report

22/04/2013

ForcesWatch press release

The Ministry of Defence wastes up to £94 million every year training minors for army roles which could be filled more cost-effectively by adult recruits, according to a new report launched today by human rights groups Child Soldiers International and ForcesWatch.